SHOOTING STARPat BenatarWritten by: Harry ChapinFrom the album "Harry Chapin Tribute" (1990)Description: Man loves woman. Man marries woman. Man and woman have children. Manleaves woman in search of self. Man realizes how important woman is and returns.He was crazy of courseFrom the first she must have known itBut still she went on with himAnd she never once had shown itAnd she took him off the streetsAnd she dried his tears of grievin'gShe listened to his visionsShe believed in his believin'Ah, he was the sun burning bright and brittleAnd she was the moon shining back his light a littleHe was a shooting starShe was softer and more slowlyHe could not make things possibleBut, she could make them holy, holy...He was dancin' to some musicNo one else had ever heardHe'd speak in unknown languagesShe'd translate every wordAnd when the world was laughingAt his castles in the skyShe'd hold him in her bodyAnd he once again would flyAh, he was the sun burning bright and brittleAnd she was the moon shining back his light a littleHe was a shooting starShe was softer and more slowlyHe could not make things possibleBut, she could make them holy, holy...But she gave him a daughterAnd she gave him a sonShe was a mother, and a wife,And a lover when the day was doneWell, he was too far gone for giving loveWhat he'd offer in its steadWas the knowledge she was the only thingThat was not in his headHe took off East one morningIn the rising sun's red glowShe knew he was going nowhereBut of course she let him goAs she stood and watched him dwindleMuch too empty to be sadHe reappeared beside her and said,"You're all I've ever had"Ah, he was the sun burning bright and brittleAnd she was the moon shining back his light a littleHe was a shooting starShe was softer and more slowlyHe could not make things possibleBut, she could make them holyAh, he was the sun burning bright and brittleAnd she was the moon shining back his light a littleHe was a shooting starShe was softer and more slowlyHe could not make things possibleBut, she could make them holyHoly...Song lyrics have not been checked for accuracy
